His case was taken up by the Vidocq Society, which is made up of some of the world's top investigators. There is a plaque on the 700 block of Susquehanna Road that marks the spot where the 'Boy in the Box' was found. And over the past 64 years, there have been thousands of hours devoted to finding out who he was, to give him a name,' said chairman Howard Lebofsky of the Vidocq Society. 'Whatever the circumstances, this poor little boy was left abandoned and alone. His identity and that of his killer remain unknown.īut many people say this is a case and a life that can not be forgotten. It was 65 years ago that the body of a beaten little boy was found stuffed in a box in the area. The Boy in the Box is deliciously disquieting and as thought. It is as strange and unsettling as our times. Nelson has written a novel that echoes Ionesco, Kafka, Camus, and Marx (as in Groucho, that is).

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) - A memorial service was held Saturday in Philadelphia's Fox Chase section to mark the anniversary of one of the city's oldest and most devastating unsolved murders. Eerie, surreal, timely,The Boy in the Box will haunt you long after you have closed its cover. A memorial service was held Saturday in Philadelphia's Fox Chase section to mark the anniversary of one of the city's oldest and most devastating unsolved murders. On the morning of February 26, 1957, a La Salle University student was walking through the woods that surrounded Philadelphia, Pennsylvanias, Fox Chase neighborhood when he came across a large cardboard box that contained what appeared to be a doll.

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